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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ Office 2013 Requirements Operating System Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit).NET version3.5, 4.0, or 4.5 Multi-touch A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. But, all features and functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8.

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) Syncing Across Devices Really just a benefit of saving to SkyDrive or other Cloud location Doesnt actually sync If saves to a location available to other devices instead of the local hard drive There is a module that will synchronize a SkyDrive cache (folder) with SkyDrive

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) Touchscreen Office 2013 has been designed to be used with a touchscreen When in Read mode, swiping moves through pages Has a Touch mode specifically for touchscreens This means larger landing spots (thus eating screen real estate)

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) PDF Editing Can open PDF files directly Then save as PDF or as DOC or DOCX

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) Formatting Task Panes in PowerPoint Formatting images, shapes, and other objects in PowerPoint is now more intuitive

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) More Graphics Options New icons on the Insert tab of the ribbon Insert from online sources, including Bing, SkyDrive, and Flickr

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) Outlook now had built-in support for Exchange ActiveSync It can support Hotmail accounts directly without needing a plugin

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ New to Office 2013 (contd.) PowerPivot is built into Excel 2013 PowerPivot is disabled by default and must manually be enabled

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Omicron Development 16 Union Street Medford, NJ Conclusions The biggest change to the Office suite is the push towards a subscription model of licensing Office 2013 has improved cloud based access Office has continued to become easier to use